The impact of population growth

As the world population reaches seven billion, the head of the UN Population Fund discusses the challenges lying ahead.

The world will be home to seven billion people on October 31, 2011, according to the United Nations, which also predicted the global population will reach about nine billion in 2050. The estimated spike has reignited debate over whether planet earth can sustain such a growing population.

Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, the head of the UN Population Fund, joins Sir David Frost to discuss food security and the challenges lying ahead in different parts of the world.

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But on October 20, 2011, ETA, which claims to seek independence in the face of widespread discrimination, announced a "definitive cessation of its armed activity", rather than mere ceasefires which were made and broken multiple times by the group since 1989.

Gerry Adams, the president of Ireland's Sinn Fein party who played a key role in brokering the historic development, talks about the "journey and process" of reaching the agreement and how it could mark the beginning of a new peaceful era.

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Alex Brummer, a Daily Mail City editor, discusses the recent eurozone rescue deal and its impact on the financial markets, China's role, and protests across the world.

As discussed in part one of this week's Frost, the world will be watching as the world's population is estimated to hit seven billion people this week. Many analysts, including Roger Martin, the chairman of Population Matters, a think tank concerned with population growth, have expressed increased fears over the predicted rate, warning of a consequential rise in poverty and hunger in the future.

On the other hand, people like Brendan O'Neill, the editor of Spiked Online, oppose what they call a "population scaremongering" outlook. He says the real problem is a social problem and that calling it a demographic issue distracts the world from coming up with a genuine and progressive solution for the poverty across the world.

Martin and O'Neill join Sir David to discuss the impact of population growth and whether "more humans means less for them".

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